SLOW BEEF SALE

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21215, 11 September 1940, Page 11

SLOW BEEF SALE

MARKET AT FRANKTON LIGHTER ENTRY FORWARD STEADY DEMAND FOR SHEEP Although entries were the lightest for several weeks, no improvement for beef was recorded at the Frankton sale yesterday. Ox beef, in fact, was a shade easier, and late rates were maintained for cow and heifer beef only with difficulty in Gome cases. A fuller entry of fat sheep showed little variation in rates from last week’s sales, while the market for a larger penning of fat pigs was very firm. Bidding commenced quite brightly for ox beef, but competition weakened as the sale progressed and for the bulk of the sale slightly lower values were recorded. A few heavy prime bullocks were traded from £l2 10s to £l3 15s, in comparison with £l3 5s to £l4 10s last week. Medium sorts changed hands from £ll 6s to £l2 ss, with lighter descriptions being knocked down from £9 15s to £ll. Quality was only average. Quality in the cow and heifer beef section was the plainest seen for some weeks, and the lightness of the entry was in contrast to the heavy offerings of previous weeks. Competition could be described as steady, but there was no enthusiasm at any stage. Late rates for the most part were repeated, but there were instances when prices appeared just

a shade lower. Some extra heavy sorts were quoted from £9 10s to £ll 3s. heavy prime from £8 to £9 ss, and light prime from £6 to £7 10s. Calves sold steadily, while the market for boner cattle showed a slight improvement, if anything. Sheep Values Steady The fuller penning of fat sheep included more shorn sorts and for these competition was firm, buyers paying from 25s 3d to 31s 3d for shorn wethers. There was little difference in market rates on the whole, although a dull period was experienced towards the closing stages of the sale when entries appeared to be selling more cheaply. As was the case last week, there were no particularly heavy choice sheep on offer, but there was a fair number of good average sorts. From 32s to 37s was given for the best of the wethers, this comparing with 31s 6d to 36s 6d last week. Top prices for ew r es were not

quite on a par with those of last week, but values on the whole were much the same. The best were quoted from 26s 6d to 27s 6d in comparison with 27s to 30s 9d last week, A lighter entry of hoggets sold firmly. A bigger entry of fat pigs did not dampen competition, which appeared keener at very firm values. Baconers were again quoted from 70s to 90s, and porkers from 54s to 68s. Although they were still dear, store pigs appeared just a shade easier than last week. Price Summary The following table is a summary of prices realised for fat stock at the Frankton yards at the last two sales: BEEF (per 1001 b..) This Week Last Week

Individual Consignments From £l2 7s 6d to £l3 15s was given for a pen of four bullocks from Mr T. M. Hall, of Ohaupo Road, and a truck from Hinuera Farm made from £ll 19s to £l3 10s and averaged £l2 15s. Those from Messrs. Willoughby Bros., of Tuhikaramea, were auctioned from £ll to £l2 ss. the 15 in the line averaging £ll 14s. Four from Mr W. D. Bruce made from £ll 13s to £ll 11s. From £ll 6s io £l2 6s was given for 10 from Mr N. K. Taylor, of Gordonton, and from £lO 4s to £ll Is for lighter cattle from Messrs. Whewell Bros., of Tamahere. From £9 19s to £ll 3s was given for cows and heifers from a Frankton client, and from £lO 5s to £lO 16s was paid for six heifers from Mr T. M. Hall. Cows and heifers from Mr R. G. Griffen, of Tauwhare, fetched from £7 17s 6d to £8 17s, and Polled Angus heifers from Messrs. Whewell Bros, changed hands from £8 Is to £9 2s 6d. Eight cows and heifers from Mr H. Vickers, of Ngahinapouri, were knocked down from £8 10s to £lO 3s. Prime wethers from Mr C. V. Sut-

ton made 375, and those from Mr H. I ! i Vickers realised 35s 3d. For shorn I 1 ! wethers from the Snodgrass Estate, i ■ j Te Akau, buyers paid from 29s 9d to . ! 31s 3d. ;i I | AUCTIONEERS’ QUOTATIONS ! Farmers’ Auctioneering Company, Limited. ! ' : Cattle.—Medium prime bullocks from . j Glencoe Farm, Hamilton, to £lO 19s; prime , | Foiled Angus and Hereford heifers from I 1 Mr H. Vickers, Ngahinapouri, £8 10s to ! 110 3s; medium prime bullocks, £lO to' £lO 19s; medium prime Polled Angus and Hereford heifers, £8 10s to £lO 3s; medium Jersey heifers. £7 2« to £S 7s Gd; r medium fat cows, £G 4s to £7 1 s: lighter I fat cows, £5 to £5 IDS; heavy boner cows. ( i £4 2s to £4 1 Gs; medium. £3 is to £3 : : 18s; lighter, £5 55 to £5 19s: medium i runners, £5 10s to £5 17s 6d; small vealers. 5 5s Cd to £5; small calves, 13s to 18s. Sheep.—Heavy fat wethers. 3 5s Gd to 37?; medium, 32s to 34s Gd; light. 29s to ; 31s; unfinished, 27s Gd te 5Ss Gd; mixed ; sex two-tooth black face mutton, 27s 9d to 30s Gd; heavy rat ewes, 55s to 27s Gd: i fat ewes, 25s 9d to 24s 3d; unfinished . ewes, 18s Gd to 2 is: cull ewes, 4s to 12s; j woolly white face hoggets, 255 a cl to 28s ■ 3d; smaller, 23s to 2 is Gd; black face] ; woolly hoggets, 5 1s Gd lo 55s Gd; small l j store hoggets. lGs to 13s Gd; small black race two-tooth ewes, running with bull, -2 is. Pigs.—Choppers, £3 12s to £4 14s; - heavy baconers, £4 Gs to £i 9?; medium. £ i to £ i 55; light baconers, £3 15s to £3 ics; buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers. > £5 18s to £3 tos: medium porkers, £2 12S to £5 1 Gs; light. £2 05 to £5 10S; large store pigs, £5 5s Gd to £2 8s Gd; smaller, 36s Gd to £2; slips, 35? Gd to -37 s Gd: best weaners, '5 0s Gd to 3 3s; others. 18s to 53s Gd; Tamxvorth boars, 3 t £3 10s to £5; breeding sows, £4 10s to 5 1 « Loan and Mercantile Agency Cattle.—-Prime ox beef from 'Mr Norman Taylor, £l2 Gs to £ls ms; medium prime ox beef from the same vendor. - £ l 1 1 Gs to £ii 17s Gd, and small £ll 6s to £lt 9s; prime Polled Angus neit'ers i from Mr T. M. Hall £lo 5s to £lO 16s; - second quality prime cows from Mr P. T. Powell £ g i> to £7 7s, prime Jersey cows £5 10s to £O, lighter £1 19s to £5 5s small vealers 30s to 3 is. heavy boners £4 7s cd to cj paddock cows £4 55 ■* to £5 2s, medium boner cows £3 12s Gd l | to £l, light boners £5 15s to £3 is, two 1 pens young empty sound cows £i 10s, , empty 2-year Jersey heifers £ \ 7s. - j Bhee.p.—Wethers ex Waikato Racing Club 3 is Gd, ex Mr J. Emmett 33s Gd. 1 ex client 345. rat ewes ox Mr n. j. Me- j ■ ! Cm-qutndale 55s Gd. ex Mr 11. S. Rhode-I ’ I 255, fat hogget? o\ t. C. Cole 23s Gd, ex . I Mr J. C. Wallace 22s 3d. prime Tat' weth- j ers 3:3s Gd to 34s Gd. medium Tat weths ers 30s Gd to 33s cd, lighter unfinished -28 s Oil, prime rat ewes 2 5s to 55s Gd. > lighter sorts 23s e>d to 255, prime far I . hoggets 23s cd, lighter unfinished 22s -Hi. ! Pigs.—Heavy haeoners £ i 4s to £; in.s J 1 medium £3 I 3s to £3 18S Gd. lighter £3 i us to £3 12s Gd. heavy porkers £3 7s to 1 £3 13 s. medium £3 to £3 53, lighter £2 ‘ ! Ns to £2 16s Gd. heavy store; £! p; to j £2 3; Gd, medium 28s Gd 10 355, lighter 1 I 20- to 27-. good slips 17S to £l. medium I weaners 15? Gd to 16s, sows duo to farrow £5 to £G JOs. * j Dalgety & Company, Limited. [ j Sheep.—Prime, quality fat wethers, £t * I lG.s G.l to £1 17? Gd; lat wethers. £1 13s f 1 i to £i 16s: light Tat wethers. £1 7s to! I £1 9s; heavy prime fat ewes. £t 6s to £i } 7? cd: fat ewes. £1 4s 3d to £1 5s 9d; i s light Tat shorn wethers. £t 4r to £1 5s 3d: 1050 shorn wether hogget?. £1 Is 3d ’ tn £1 2s 4d; woolly hoggets, £1 4s 3d to * £1 6s; shorn ewe hoggets, to £1 9s 3d; medium shorn store wether hoggets, 18s . to £1 0s 3d; shorn store four and six-

tooth wethers, to £1 is 2d; medium woolly ewe hoggets, to £1 10s 9d; mixed-sex woolly hoggets, blackface, 19s 3d to £1 5s 3d. Cattle.—Medium fat bullocks, £ll 3s to £ll 15 s ; light fat bullocks. £9 13? to £lO ITS 6d; prime fat heifers, £8 10s to £9 as; Tat Shorthorn COWS, £8 to £9; lighter fat cows and heifers, £0 to £7 105; forward-condition Jersey and Jersey-cross cows. £•'. t<> £5 15?: heavy boners. £3 15? to £4; lighter. £2 to £3 10s; veal calves, 1 Is to £1; runners, £3 to £i; empty twoyear slip cows and heifers. £i 10s to £4 14s: yearling Jersey heirers, average quality, £4 17s Gd to £5 ins. Pig-.-—Top-weight baconers, £i ss to £i ins; heavv baconers, £4 to £i Ss; medium. £3 10- to £ i ; heavy porkers and hut termilk pigs, £3 5s to £3 10s; buttermilk pigs. £3 to £3 ss; medium porkers, £2 105 to £3; light. £2 5s to £2 10s; large stores, £2 to £2 15s; medium, 35s to £5; small, 30S to 355; Sims, 30s to £2 25; weaners. best. 3)s to 365; other*, 20s to Wright, Stephenson A Co., Ltd. Cattle.—Prime heavy cows, to £9 ss; medium-weight, £7 10s to £S 7s Gd; heavy cows, ex dairy, £6 12s to £7 7s 6d; lighter sorts, £4 15s to £5 15s; heavy boners. £5 to £5 10s; medium, £4 to £4 16s; light cows, £2 5s to £3 12S; yearling Jersey heifers, top quality, £G 2s to £6 ISs; small, £3 15s to £5 2s 6d; small Polled

Angus heifers, running with bull, £4; Hereford ditto. £3 17s. Sheep. --Heavy shorn wethers, 26s to 575 3d; light, 5 is to 55? 3d; shorn ewes. IG- to 19.-; woolly hoggets, £1 lo 25. S 9d. \\o<illv ewes, 54S to 27h. Pig?.—Heavy baconers. £3 I d* to £4 7>: light. 50s to £3 ss; good stores, £2 G. W. Vercoe and Company, Ltd. Cattle.—Heavy Tat bullocks £l3 to £!'•* 15;, prime medium-weights £ls to £l2 15s. light £ll to £ll 15s Gd. >mall am. unfinished £9 10s to £lO Id;. heavy prime heifer- £io to £ll 3s. prime medium- weight? £9 to £9 15s, light £7 15? to £8 12s Gd. .-mall and unfliii.-hed lo £7 lus. heavy prime cow; £* Ids to £9 1"prime medium-weights £8 to £* 7s Gd. lighter £7 to £7 15s. heavy fat Jer.-**> cows £6 10? to £7 ss. niedlum-w eights £5 15S to £0 7 S G<l, light to £5 10s. heavy runners lo £7. llrhter to £5 5s heavv vealers £3 15s to £4 lOs, medium weights £3 to £3 12s Gd, light £2 10s to £5 18S. small calves to 15 ss. yearling Jersey heifers to—£6 17s 6d, empty *- year Jersey heifers to £5 10s, furwardcondlitloned Shorthorn and Friesian cows £5 to £6 2s 6d, others to £4 IDs, heavy boners £4 to £4 12s 6d, medium- weights £3 105 to £3 18S, light to £3 SS. Sheep.— Heavy prime wethers 35s tc 375, prime medium-weights 33s to 3 4s

heavy prime shorn wither; 50s to S 1 s prim*- light 2-8; to 31«. unfinished io 275, 3d. lighter to 275, heavy lai ewe* 25* to 26s 3d. medium-weight- 23? 6d to 24« 6d. light i.*s to 255. kill.idle to 18s Pig;.—Prime heavy baconerh £4 7s to £4 lus. heavy £i 5 s lo £4 6*, mediumweights £3 17« to £i. light £3 13s Jo £3 IG*. heavy porkers £3 6s to £9 Its medium-weights £3 to £3 ss. light £5 Us to £2 19*, Choppers tn £4 ss, large stores £2 ids to £2 15.;. medium £2 2S to i--9-. good Slip; 36s to 15. others 80s to 3 1?, be-t wearier- 2*s> to 371;, medium 22- to 27?, small to 21s. sows with 111 lors to £9. maiden “ow- to £7. Berk.vhir* boar-, to £ 4 ss. Newton King, Ltd. rattle.—oi I2i* yearling Jersey heifers, ex Manawatu, top truck. £: 15s; the second pen, £7 11s. other sales, £7. £6 4s, lb 17s; smaller cattle. £i lot to £5 4s. two year Jersey heller*, £5 2s to £5 4s; fat Jersey cows, £6 to £7 10s; lighter eorts, £5 to £5 1 3r. sheep.—Best fat wethers, to 37fc, others, 35s to 34a 9d; best fat ewes, to *7«, Others, to 24s 9d. Pigs.—Heavy baconers, £4 to £4 4s; lighter. £3 15s to £3 19s; heavy porkers and buttermilk pigs.. £3 to £8 13s lighter, £2 15s to £2 189; large stores, £2 to (2 8s; slips (best), 35i to Ifts 61; weaners, 25s to 30a.

Extra prime OX 35/- to 36/- 35/- to 36/6 Prime ox .. 33/-to 33/6 33/- to 33/6 Plain and inferior OX 27/-to 30/- 27/- to 30/Extra choice young- cows and heifers . 30/- to 35/6 30/- to 35/6 Prime cows . 27/6 to 29/6 27/6 to 29/6 Second quality cows .... 24/-to 27/- 24/-to 27/-Lig-ht cows and heifers .. 22/-to 24/- 22/-to 2 i/MUTTON (a head) Fat wethers . 32/-to 37/- 3 1/6 to 36/6 Fat shorn wethers .. 25/3 to 31/3 Unfinished wethers .. 27/-to 30/- 20/-to 29/Exlra prime ewes .... 26/6 to 27/6 27/- to 30/9 Fat ewes . 22/-to 26/- 22/6 to 29/6 I’nllnislied ewes 12/-to IS/- 12/-to 18/Fat hog-g-ets . 25/6 to 28/3 25/- to 30/I.igrht ditto . 19/-to 24/6 PIGS (a head) Paconers .. 70/-to oo/- 70/-to 90/porkers .. 51/- to,os/- 51/- to os - Weaners ... l 5/- to 32/- 15/- to 32/6 Slips 30/-to 39/- 3u/ -to 39 / - l.argre stores . 40/- to 55/- 40/ - to oo/-